Reference Material

. 20,000 biographical files on individual actors, dancers, musicians, composers, conductors, choreographers, singers and other performing artists. 21,300 files containing reviews, articles, programs, and souvenir books on local and touring plays and musicals, theater companies, and buildings. 4, 500 music and opera files containing information on local, national, and international opera and musical groups, organizations, associations, festivals, schools, and subjects. 15,000 dance, music, opera, and theater books. 5,000 commercial and non-commercial videos of local dance, music, and theater performances in the Bay Area from the mid-80's to the present. 2,000 dance files containing information on local, national, and international ballet, folk, jazz, ethnic, tap, and modern dance companies, dance schools, festivals, specific ballets, dance styles, and dances. 1,600 posters of local and touring dance, music, opera, and theatrical productions in the Bay Area from the 19th and 20th centuries. 150 scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and programs of the various productions and artists who have appeared in the Bay Area over the last one hundred plus years. Original artwork including self-portraits by Anna Pavlova and 19th-century oil paintings of famed performers such as Lola Montez and Marie Taglioni. 1,000 original set and costume designs including works by Boris Aronson, Cecil Beaton, Sandra Woodall and Irene Sharaff. Broadsides from San Francisco theatres (1851-1882)

. Dean Goodman: American film and stage actor. Anna Halprin: Innovative dance teacher, performer, and choreographer. Gustav Hinrichs: Composer and conductor who formed the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1880s